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Albert Russell

A Thanhouser Company player, in one film you can watch free online.

Watch Albert RussellOpens The Star of Bethlehem (1912)

Biography

Albert Russell appeared in Thanhouser films in 1912 and 1913.

From Bowers’ encyclopedia entry. Read the full biography below ↓

Filmography

Films you can watch

Other Thanhouser films

These have no online copy. Each page says what is known about where a print is held.

From the encyclopedia

The full biography

From Volume III: Biographies of Q. David Bowers’ Thanhouser Films: An Encyclopedia and History, reproduced with permission and unchanged. 73 words.

Albert Russell, brother of Thanhouser actor William Russell, was born in New York City, August 2, 1890. He was an actor in films and, later, a director. His death occurred of pneumonia, on March 4, 1929, in Los Angeles, California.

Note: Mr. Russell was variously known as Albert (his christening name) and Alfred, and in some credits he was listed as Al Russell.

Bowers’ own filmography list is left out here: the filmography above lists the same films. Cite as: Bowers, Q. David. Thanhouser Films: An Encyclopedia and History, “RUSSELL, Albert.” thanhouser.org/research/people/albert-russell/